Chopstick holder

ABSTRACT

A holder assisting people to use chopsticks comprises a pair of chopstick keepers and a resilient connecting member. The chopstick keeper is channel shape with an elastic board on the side for fixing chopstick thereon. The resilient connecting member formed with three boards is triangle shape with opened top angle. The resilient connecting member is bridged two chopstick keepers and could return the chopsticks to its usual shape by elasticity after the pressure on the chopsticks for pick up food is removed.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] This invention relates to a holder, more specifically, a holder to fix a pair of chopsticks to assist some people using chopsticks to eat easily.

[0002] For some people, it is unfamiliar or difficult to use chopsticks to eat. In the past time, a lot of devices has been invented to assist these people to use chopsticks. With these devices, some people improved their skill and feel a little easier to use chopsticks. But compared with each other, some devices are a little expensive; some devices are only suitable for special chopsticks with special shape and size; some devices are not easy to fix chopsticks thereon or have holes to be passed through by end of chopsticks that will hold food sooner; and some devices have some problems when people using them, two examples as following: some times it failed to pick up food as the chopsticks cross; some times the food dropped from chopsticks when the food is already picked up and lifted because the food slipped down between the chopsticks. So it is necessary to invent new devices to assist people to use chopsticks. It is an object of this invention to provide a chopstick holder that will deal with all above situation.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0003] A device for using chopsticks comprises a pair of chopstick keepers and a resilient connecting member. The chopstick keeper is channel shape with an elastic board on the side. When a chopstick be put into the channel, the pressure and static friction from the elastic board made the chopstick firm fixing in the chopstick keeper. The resilient connecting member formed with three boards is triangle shape with opened top angle. A pair of chopstick keepers symmetrically connects to two wall boards of a resilient connecting member back to back. When using chopsticks to pick up food, a pressure should be put on the chopsticks, which made a resilient connecting member opening wide and elastic deformation. When the pressure is removed, the resilient connecting member would be closing and return chopsticks to its usual shape by elasticity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0004]FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a chopstick holder with chopsticks;

[0005]FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of a chopstick holder;

[0006]FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of a pair of chopstick keepers illustrated in FIG. 2;

[0007]FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a resilient connecting member illustrated in FIG. 2;

[0008]FIG. 5 is a front view of a chopstick holder;

[0009]FIG. 6 is a front view of a chopstick holder with chopsticks.

REFERENCE NUMERALS IN DRAWINGS

[0010]10 chopstick holder

[0011]12 board

[0012]14 triangle board

[0013]16 post

[0014]18 top angle of triangle board

[0015]20 chopstick keepers

[0016]22 bottom side of triangle board

[0017]24 elastic board

[0018]26 back surface of board

[0019]28 bottom board

[0020]30 resilient connecting member

[0021]32 wall board

[0022]34 outside surface of wall board

[0023]36 free side of wall board

[0024]38 top angle of resilient connecting member

[0025]40 chopstick

[0026]42 top end of chopstick

[0027]44 bottom end of chopstick

[0028]46 object

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0029] As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of chopsticks 40 is fixed on a chopstick holder 10.

[0030] As shown in FIG. 2, a chopstick holder 10 comprises a pair of chopstick keepers 20 and a resilient connecting member 30.

[0031] As shown in FIG. 3, a chopstick keeper comprises a board 12, a triangle board 14, a post 16 and an elastic board 24. The triangle board 14 is vertically connected to the board 12. The side of the board 12 and bottom side of triangle board 22 are connected. The post 16 vertically connected to the triangle board 14. An end of post 16 is connected to the top angle of triangle board 18. The post 16 and the board 12 are parallel and at same side of triangle board 14. The elastic board 24 is diagonally connected to the board 12. The side of elastic board 24 and the side of board 12 are connected. The post 16 and the elastic board 24 are parallel and at same side of the board 12.

[0032] As shown in FIG. 4, a resilient connecting member 30 comprises a bottom board 28 and a pair of wall board 32. The two wall boards 32 respectively, symmetrically and diagonally connected to the bottom board 28. One side of each of the wall board 32 is connected to opposite side of the bottom board 28. A pair of wall boards 32 and the bottom board 28 formed triangle shape and top angle of resilient connecting member 38 is opened.

[0033] As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of chopstick keepers 20 is symmetrically connected to a resilient connecting member 30. The each back surface of board 26 as shown in FIG. 3 is connected to each outside surface of wall board 34 as shown in FIG. 4. The post 16 and bottom board 28 are parallel. The elastic board 24 is at free side of wall board 36. Two triangle boards 14 are at same plane and two posts 16 are at same side of that plane.

[0034] As shown in FIG. 5, when fixing a pair of chopsticks 40 on a chopstick holder, the user could set more than half part of chopstick 40 between the elastic board 24 and the post 16, rotate the chopstick 40 around the post 16 until the chopstick 40 and the board 12 are parallel, put the chopstick 40 toward the triangle board 14, make the chopstick 40 nestle closely to the triangle board 14.

[0035] As shown in FIG. 6, when the chopsticks 40 are fixed in chopstick holder 10, the elastic boards 24 have elastic deformation and put a pressure to the chopsticks 40. The pressure causes static friction to resist chopsticks 40 moving.

[0036] As shown in FIG. 6, when using chopstick holder 10, the user should put a pressure on the chopsticks 40 by finger just below the bottom board 28. The chopsticks 40 are rotating around the bottom board 28. The bottom end of chopsticks 44 are getting close and hold an object 46. The chopsticks are in V-shape that prevents the object 46 from slipping down between the chopsticks 40 so that the object 46 is not easy to drop down from the chopsticks 40. When the chopsticks 40 rotating, the top end of chopsticks 42 are opening wide. The chopsticks 40 put pressure on the posts 16 that made the resilient connecting member 30 opening wide and elastic deformation. When user removes the pressure by finger, the resilient connecting member 30 would be closing and return the chopsticks 40 to its usual shape by elasticity. As the chopsticks 40 nestle closely to the triangle boards 14 and the two triangle boards 14 are at same plane, whenever closing or opening, the chopsticks 40 are always in same plane, which avoids bottom end of chopsticks 44 cross and is helpful to pick up object 46.

[0037] Accordingly, this invention has following advantages:

[0038] (1) This chopstick holder could be used with not limited in one kind of shape and size of chopsticks, but many kinds of chopsticks such as square, circle, rectangle, oval etc.;

[0039] (2) This chopstick holder is easy to put chopsticks thereon and could avoid touching bottom end of chopsticks that will hold food sooner;

[0040] (3) This chopstick holder could be shift up or down along chopsticks and, the nearer the distance between the chopstick holder and the bottom end of chopsticks, the easier to pick up the food without bottom end of chopsticks crossing and without dropping down of the food;

[0041] (4) This chopstick holder is inexpensive to manufacture and could be used repeatedly.

[0042] Although the description above contains much specificity, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention but as merely providing illustrations of the presently preferred embodiments of this invention. For example, triangle board could be other shape such as half circle, rectangle etc.; post could be many kinds of shape such as circle, square, rectangle, oval etc.; bottom board could be curved surface; bottom board could have a hollow on free side so that chopstick holder could be used as chopstick seat.

[0043] Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined not by the embodiment illustrated; but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents. 

I claim:
 1. A holder for using chopsticks comprising: a pair of chopstick keepers, having channels for fixing a pair of chopsticks thereon; and a resilient connecting member formed with three boards, being triangle shape with opened top angle and connecting to a pair of said chopstick keepers.
 2. A holder as claimed in claim 1 wherein said chopstick keeper has a board.
 3. A holder as claimed in claim 2 wherein said chopstick keeper has a triangle board, vertically connecting to side of said board with bottom side of said triangle board.
 4. A holder as claimed in claim 3 wherein said chopstick keeper has a post, vertically connecting to top angle of said triangle board with one end of said post.
 5. A holder as claimed in claim 4 wherein said post and said board are parallel and at same side of said triangle board.
 6. A holder as claimed in claim 4 wherein said chopstick keeper has an elastic board, diagonally connecting to side of said board with one side of said elastic board.
 7. A holder as claimed in claim 6 wherein said elastic board and said post are parallel and at same side of said board.
 8. A holder as claimed in claim 6 wherein said resilient connecting member has a bottom board.
 9. A holder as claimed in claim 8 wherein said resilient connecting member has a pair of wall boards, symmetrically and diagonally connecting to opposite side of said bottom board with one side of said wall board.
 10. A holder as claimed in claim 9 wherein said a pair of wall boards and said bottom board formed triangle shape.
 11. A holder as claimed in claim 9 wherein back surface of a pair of said boards is connected to outside surface of a pair of said wall boards symmetrically.
 12. A holder as claimed in claim 11 wherein a pair of said posts and said bottom boards are parallel.
 13. A holder as claimed in claim 11 wherein a pair of said elastic boards is at free side of said wall boards.
 14. A holder as claimed in claim 11 wherein two said triangle boards are at same plane.
 15. A holder as claimed in claim 14 wherein two said posts are at same side of said plane.
 16. A holder as claimed in claim 1 wherein said chopstick keeper and said resilient connecting member are made of resilient material including plastic and metal. 